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Japanese Billionaire Seeks Girlfriend For SpaceX Ride Around The Moon

In an unusual effort to find a girlfriend, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has launched a complicated effort to attract a partner to ride around the world in a SpaceX rocket with him. According to Maezawa--who made his fortune from Japanese online retailer Zozotown, and an earlier online mail order music album company called Start Today--he has a "long-held dream of going into space" and "wants to visit such a special place together with a special someone". Maezawa is taking applications online for that "special someone", and says he is also filming a "serious matchmaking documentary" about the process. Maezawa and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced in September of 2018 that Maezawa will be the first private customer to rider around the Moon on the SpaceX BFR spacecraft. Maezawa's site says he is seeking "single women aged 20 or over" who have a "bright personality and always positive", are "interested in going into space and able to participate in the preparation for it", who "want to enjoy life to the fullest" and "someone who wishes for world peace." SpaceX is based in Hawthorne, in the greater Los Angeles area.